Last week, a former corrections officer in Tennessee was sentenced to five years in prison for repeatedly using his stun gun on an inmate who was strapped in a restraint chair. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee said in a statement that evidence presented at trial showed Mark Bryant, 42, using …
A man in Colorado who was arrested on December 13 for allegedly fatally poisoning a 9-year-old girl with chloroform died hours after being found unresponsive in his cell on Monday. On Thursday, the Mesa County Coroner’s Office identified the Mesa County Jail inmate who died this week as Jeffrey Beagley, 34. Beagley was jailed in …
Two women in Virginia are accused of repeatedly having sex with a dog while corresponding with an inmate who’s been jailed since January for a reported hit-and-run involving police. WTVR reported that Denise Kearney and Ashley Pinkett committed some of the illicit acts over the phone on March 18, March 27, March 29, April 2, …
An internal investigation is underway after an incarcerated woman with a mental illness reportedly gave birth in a jail cell despite asking staffers for help. According to the Miami Herald, Tammy Jackson, 34, had her daughter at North Broward Bureau jail on the morning of April 10. She reportedly told jail staff that she was …
According to the disgraced R&B star’s lawyer, R. Kelly spent another night in jail Saturday because he did not have the $100,000 necessary to secure his release on bond. He’s required to post 10 percent of the total $1 million bond to walk out of Cook County jail following his indictment and arrest last week …
A Texas woman, jailed in Nevada last year for unpaid traffic tickets, died days later in her jail cell after reportedly being denied medical care while detoxing. State investigators released a 300-page report regarding the July 23, 2017, death of Kelly Coltrain, 27. Authorities found Coltrain unresponsive in her cell after her medical issues were ignored by …
Police said they were forced to release a suspected drug dealer who possibly swallowed drugs after he didn’t have a bowel movement for 47 days. According to the BBC, prosecutors in Essex, England, have recently dropped their case against Lamarr Chambers, 24, citing “insufficient evidence.” Chambers was reportedly arrested January 17 following a car chase with …
By TOM HAYS and STEVE PEOPLES, Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — It seemed as if Anthony Weiner had hit rock bottom when he resigned from Congress in 2011. “Bye-bye, pervert!” one heckler shouted as the Democrat quit amid revelations that he had sent graphic pictures of himself to women on social media. Time has shown …
The Hagerstown, Maryland, mother whose boyfriend beat her 9-year-old son to death for eating birthday cake without permission was sentenced to 25 years Friday morning. Oriana Garcia, 28, agreed to plead guilty to first-degree child abuse in February. In exchange, several charges—including second-degree murder—were taken off the table, according to WHAG. As Crime Online reported, Jacob Barajas, 25, handcuffed …
Attorneys for “affluenza teen,” Ethan Couch, are going to the Texas Supreme Court in an attempt to get him released from jail. NBC DFW reports that the lawyers filed the request on Friday, arguing that the judge was wrong for sentencing the 19-year-old to two years behind bars, after his case was previously handled in juvenile court. …
